Insurrection Act "A Dangerous Precedent"

 

"A Dangerous Precedent"

Today, we face a critical moment — one that tests not only our laws but our principles as a constitutional republic. When a President invokes the "Insurrection Act of 1807", it effectively suspends the "Posse Comitatus Act of 1878"........temporarily allowing the U.S. military to operate as a domestic police force, and make arrests under certain circumstances. Let that sink in: the military, designed to defend against foreign threats, turned inward — on American soil.

This isn’t just a legal technicality. It’s the opening of a Pandora’s box.

Once the military is used against civilians under the justification of “restoring order,” it sets a dangerous precedent and gives any future President the same excuse to label any perceived threat, any opposition group, as a "domestic enemy."

And let’s not kid ourselves — this kind of power has been abused before.

Past administrations, both Republican and Democrat, have weaponized federal agencies — from the IRS targeting political opponents, to U.S. intelligence agencies conducting warrantless surveillance on American citizens, without proper oversight. To forced incarceration of law-abiding American citizens - of -Japanese decent during WWII. Now we’re talking about escalating that abuse from audits, investigations, warrantless surveillance, and ethnic incarcerations — to boots on the ground and guns in the streets.

Make no mistake: what is done today by this (R) administration will absolutely, inevitably, be repeated — and expanded — by the next (D) administration. The precedent we set in fear or convenience today becomes the weapon of tyranny tomorrow.